The following sections were updated since 26 September 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM OFF EGYPT A thick plume of dust blew off the northern coast of Egypt, west of the Nile Delta, on September 25, 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15084 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 25 2008 (Posted on Sep 26 2008 6:18PM) -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON JANGMI Typhoon Jangmi was spinning off the coast of Luzon in the Philippines on September 26, 20 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 29, 2008 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-185 NASA UPDATES AVIATION SAFETY DATA WEB SITE WASHINGTON -- NASA will update its National Aviation Operations Monitoring Service, or NAOMS, Web site Tuesday to add more information from pilot survey responses. The data files are essentially the same files posted to the Web site in late 2007 and early 2008. However, the files are packaged differently and contain fewer redactions than the original po ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 57 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA ASTRONAUT IN SPACE CHALLENGES EARTHLINGS IN CHESS MATCH ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:06:56 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA ASTRONAUT IN SPACE CHALLENGES EARTHLINGS IN CHESS MATCH September 26, 2008 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 Glenn Petersen U.S. Chess Federation, ...Continue Reading

Sept. 26, 2008 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 david.steitz@nasa.gov Rachel Prucey Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-0643 rachel.l.prucey@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-058 NASA AMES AWARDS CONTRACT FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS SUPPORT MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA's Ames Research Center Friday awarded a contract with a maximum value of $300 million to Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies Inc. (SGT Inc.), of Greenbelt, Md., for intell ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 25 September 2008. -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN ORISSA, INDIA A tropical storm and ongoing monsoon rains pushed the rivers in the east Indian state of Orissa to dangerous levels in September 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15081 *** (TRMM) image from Sep 17 2006 (Posted on Sep 25 2008 10:30AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. htt ...Continue Reading

Sept. 26, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov Glenn Petersen U.S. Chess Federation, Crossville, Tenn. 732-252-8388 gpetersen@uschess.org MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-184 NASA ASTRONAUT IN SPACE CHALLENGES EARTHLINGS IN CHESS MATCH HOUSTON -- It will be Earth vs. space in a unique chess match, and you can help Earth win. NASA and the U.S. Chess Federation (USCF) are teaming up to ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 108 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. LIVE SPACE TALK NOW AVAILABLE 24/7 ON NASA WEB SITE 2. NASA STARDUST CAPSULE TO GO ON DISPLAY AT SMITHSONIAN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:26:26 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: LIVE SPACE TALK NOW AVAILABLE 24/7 ON NASA WEB SITE September 25, 2008 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202- ...Continue Reading

Sept. 25, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-5011 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-183 NASA TO DISCUSS PHOENIX MARS MISSION SCIENCE DATA WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media briefing Monday, Sept. 29, at 2 p.m. EDT, to discuss the latest developments, findings and upcoming science opportunities of the Phoenix Mars Lander. The briefing will take place in the NASA Headquarters' James E. ...Continue Reading

Sept. 25, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov William P. Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 william.p.jeffs@nasa.gov D.C. Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-245 NASA STARDUST CAPSULE TO GO ON DISPLAY AT SMITHSONIAN WASHINGTON -- Having returned the world's first particles from a comet, NASA's Stardust sample return capsule will join the collection of flight icons in the Smithsonian's Na ...Continue Reading

Sept. 25, 2008 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Leslie McCarthy Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York 212-678-5507 leslie.m.mccarthy@nasa.gov Sarah DeWitt Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 202-286-0535 sarah.l.dewitt@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-242 SEND YOUR NAME AROUND THE EARTH ON NASA'S GLORY MISSION WASHINGTON - Members of the public can send their names around Earth on NASA's Glory satellite, the first miss ...Continue Reading